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Morris Pesin’s Eight-Minute Canoe Trip That Created Liberty State Park
In 1957, Morris Pesin spent three hours just to reach the Statue of Liberty with his family, though it stood less than 2,000 feet from Jersey City.
Fed up, he made an eight-minute canoe trip to Lady Liberty the next year with a reporter watching.
This bold move kicked off his 18-year fight to turn 1,212 acres of rusted rail yards and toxic land into something better…